Bill Viola
Known for: Directing
Born: January 25, 1951
Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola's work explores the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. Since 1970 he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances and pieces for television. Works include Hatsu Yume (First Dream), The Passing, and installations Room for St. John of the Cross, The Messenger and The Quintet of the Astonished, recently shown at the National Gallery, London in "Encounters, New Art from Old". A 25-year survey exhibition of his work organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art recently traveled to 6 institutions in the USA and Europe. MacArthur Fellow.
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Filmography
89 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018
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Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
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Mary
2016
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Martyrs: Earth
2014
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Martyrs: Water
2014
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Martyrs: Fire
2014
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Martyrs: Air
2014
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Martyrs
2014
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Inverted Birth
2014
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What Is Cinema?
2013
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Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013
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The Dreamers
2013
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The Encounter
2012
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Walking on the Edge
2012
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Traveling on Foot
2012
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A Phrase from Chris
2011
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The Innocents
2008
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Three Women
2008
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Ocean Without a Shore
2007
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Poem B (The Guest House)
2006
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Basin of Tears
2005
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Ablutions
2005
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Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005
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Fire Woman
2005
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The Tristan Project
2004
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The Raft
2004
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Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003
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Emergence
2003
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Going Forth By Day
2002
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Fire Birth
2002
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The Path
2002
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The Voyage
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The Silent Sea
2002
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Four Hands
2001
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Catherine's Room
2001
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Surrender
2001
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The Quintet of the Astonished
2000
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Anima
2000
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Eternal Return
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Ascension
2000
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The Crossing
1996
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The Veiling
1995
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Interval
1995
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Trovoada
1995
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The Greeting
1995
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Déserts
1994
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The Passing
1992
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Slowly Turning Narrative
1992
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The Nantes Triptych
1992
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Heaven and Earth
1992
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The Sleepers
1992
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The Stopping Mind
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Angel's Gate
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Sodium Vapor
1986
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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986
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Silent Life
1986
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Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983
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Anthem
1983
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Ancient of Days
1982
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Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
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Vegetable Memory
1980
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The Reflecting Pool
1979
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Moonblood
1979
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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
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Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
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Memories Of Ancestral Power
1977
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Guadalcanal Requiem
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The Wheel of Becoming
1977
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Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
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The Morning After the Night of Power
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Sweet Light
1977
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He Weeps for You
1977
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The Space Between the Teeth
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Junkyard Levitation
1976
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Songs of Innocence
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Truth Through Mass Individuation
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Four Songs
1976
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Migration (for Jack Nelson)
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Return
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A Million Other Things (2)
1975
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Red Tape: Collected Works
1975
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The Semi-Circular Canals
19757.0
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
19759.0
A Non-Dairy Creamer
1975
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Information
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Processing the Signal
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The Deluge
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The Crossing
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